Royal National Theatre
It was first performed at the Royal National Theatre, London, on 22 May 1997.
- Dan .... Clive Owen
- Alice .... Liza Walker
- Anna .... Sally Dexter
- Larry .... Ciarán Hinds
After its initial run, the production moved from the Cottlesloe to the Lyttleton Theatre in mid-1997. Mark Strong replaced Owen and Neil Dudgeon replaced Hinds; Walker and Dexter remained with the production.
West End
In March the next year the play moved to the West End.
- Dan .... Lloyd Owen
- Alice .... Liza Walker
- Anna .... Frances Barber
- Larry .... Neil Pearson
Music Box Theatre
The first American performance was presented 9 March 1999, on Broadway at the Music Box Theater, New York, by Robert Fox, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Carole Shorenstein Hays, ABC Inc., the Shubert Organization, and the Royal National Theatre.
- Dan .... Rupert Graves
- Alice .... Anna Friel
- Anna .... Natasha Richardson
- Larry .... Ciarán Hinds
The production core consisted of:
| Director | Patrick Marber |
| Designer | Vicki Mortimer |
| Lighting | Hugh Vanstone |
| Music | Paddy Cunneen |
| Sound | Simon Baker |
| Internet | John Owens |
| Production stage manager | R. Wade Jackson |
Closer ran for 172 performances on Broadway during 1999, with Polly Draper replacing Richardson starting 15 June.[5] Closer won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play in 1999.[6]
Theatre Fontaine
It received its Paris premiere on 22 December 1998 at the Theatre Fontaine, in a production based on a French translation by Pierre Laville and directed by Patrice Kerbrat.[7]
- Dan .... Gad Elmaleh
- Alice .... Anne Brochet
- Anna .... Caroline Sihol
- Larry .... Jean-Philippe Ecoffey[7]
California
Early productions of Closer on the West Coast of the United States include one featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Alice in a Berkeley Repertory Theatre production in May 2000 (directed by Wilson Milam).[8] Gyllenhaal played opposite Rebecca De Mornay as Anna in a Mark Taper Forum production in December 2000, directed by Robert Egan.[9]
Divadlo Na Jezerce
Directed by Jan Hřebejk. The play had its premiere on 22 November 2009 in Jezerka Theatre, in Prague. The Czech title is Na Dotek.
- Dan .... Jiří Macháček
- Alice .... Kristýna Liška Boková
- Anna .... Lenka Vlasáková
- Larry .... Marek Daniel
Slezské divadlo
Directed by Ivan Krejčí. The play had its premiere on 21 March 2004 in the Silesian Theatre in Opava, Czech Republic.
- Dan .... Ladislav Špiner or Ondřej Veselý
- Alice .... Sabina Figarová or Veronika Senciová
- Anna .... Hana Vaňková
- Larry .... Kostas Zerdaloglu
